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Posts from ‘November, 2010’

A SUDDEN COUNTRY ~Karen Fisher

Book group time again, we have read a delightful historic saga and a first novel. Our book was A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher which has been compared to Cold Mountain the blockbuster novel about the Civil War. Our discussion was very lively overall the book was well received. Some liked the intense details others [...]

When NO Is The Right Thing To Say

I first said YES. I thought about being the Power of Attorney for my brother and Executor of his will, which he does not have yet even though his liver is failing, and said yes I would do those tasks and then  studied the situation for two days and finally said NO,  just keep me [...]

What’s Happening?

A note about the work I have been doing for the last several weeks: C. E., I am so pleased that you asked me once again to be an exceptional reader for your grant evaluation process. I enjoyed this experience and learning all about the volunteer work on behalf of children in our state. Thank [...]

Fanciful Quotation Marks

She was at an age when penmanship was becoming important in her desire to communicate.  She could see that the big loopy, flowery letters with circles to dot the I s was childish and not the way she wished to be known.  Flipping open her college rule tablet she would practice cursive until it was [...]